The three former players who host the NFL Network’s film breakdown show “Playbook” were very critical of Dolphins receiver Brandon Marshallon their Tuesday show, ripping Marshall for being “gassed” at the end of the Dolphins’ 31-23 loss to the Jets and not giving enough effort over the final four plays, when the Dolphins’ potential game-tying scoring drive stalled at the 5-yard line.

Mike Mayock, a safety with the Giants in the early 80s, broke down Marshall’s effort on each of the final four plays, while Solomon Wilcots, a former defensive back, and Sterling Sharpe, a former five-time Pro Bowl receiver whose career ended prematurely because of a neck injury, criticized Marshall’s conditioning.

“What those guys are saying, that’s just them trying to, I don’t know, sound good, and sound like they know what they’re talking about. But again, those guys never coached, and I don’t honestly think that those guys were elite players, including Sterling Sharpe. … I know he’s done some good things, but from my understanding, he’s not a Hall of Fame player.”

Marshall, a Florida native who was playing his first game in Miami on Sunday after being acquired from Denver this offseason, had 10 catches for 166 yards with a touchdown against the Jets. He was targeted on a total of 17 passes, and also had two rushes for three yards.

But it wasn’t enough for Mayock, Wilcots and Sharpe.

“A playmaker, a true gamer, has to be in great condition to be able to close out games,” Wilcots said on the show.

“Brandon, you have to give us more,” Sharpe said. “You are The Guy down in South Florida. Brandon Marshall, from now on, you, my friend, are going to have to bring it.”

Offensive coordinator Dan Henning also took a swipe at the NFL Network analysts on Thursday.

“Did they watch from the stands? Or on TV? Or from their home?” Henning asked. “And they’re going to say that he didn’t have enough left? Are you kidding me?”

But Marshall did leave the sidelines a minute before halftime to take intravenous fluids (he had six catches for 123 yards in the second half). And he did admit after the game that he didn’t have “enough in my legs” on a 30-yard run in the game’s final minute, when Marshall was caught from behind and pushed out of bounds at the Jets’ 11. With the Dolphins needed a touchdown to potentially tie the game, the next four plays all fizzled, with the ball going to Marshall on just the first play.

“Of course, you know, I’m not running as fast as I was at the beginning of the game. That’s just natural,” Marshall said. “I don’t think there’s too many guys in the world that can play 65 snaps and run 40 yards almost every play and still have the same speed and endurance throughout the whole game. I think I played at a high level throughout the whole game and made some plays when we needed it.”

“I went against one of the better corners in the league in (Antonio) Cromartie. He’s a top-five corner,” Marshall said. “And for me to have the stats that I had, 10 catches for 166 yards and a touchdown, on a guy who’s really good and athletic, that says a lot. … We fought out there. I’m surprised I even had (those stats), because he’s such a great competitor.”

Henning noted, though, that Marshall expends too much “non-productive energy” before the game getting himself riled up in the locker room, and that Marshall needs to do a better job conserving energy for the game.

“You should see him before a game. He’s like a caged tiger. I mean literally, like a caged tiger,” Henning said. “He’s on the field and he’s wound up really tight before the game. So we’re working on that, to try to get him to be patient and utilize all that energy in the game and not expend it too soon.”

Marshall said that ever since he became a starter in 2007, he has awoken at 5 a.m. every day to run a mile or two before practice.

“So my endurance is there,” he said. “That’s why I’m able to make those plays that I make and play at a high level consistently throughout the year.”

Marshall said he couldn’t believe that the NFL Network would go out of its way to take a swipe at him.

“I like to believe those guys are partners of mine. I’ve had some great times on the set,” Marshall said. “Those guys are players, former players. They’ve never coached, so they need to continue to do what they do best and stop worrying about other things that they don’t know anything about.”